While Environment settings (General > Units of Measure) allow you to define any number of length units of measure and to specify the number of decimal places allowed for each, the following represents the most common length entries and formats used in Order Entry. 

HINT: In the Units of Measure editor, check Standard next to the units you want to be available for Order Entry takeoff.


Measure

Format

Examples

Feet-Inches

Integer Feet

12 = 12 feet


Decimal Feet

29.5        = 29.5 feet


Feet-Inches

41-10 = 41 feet, 10 inches


Feet-inches Quarters

3-072 = 3 foot, 7½ inches (where the third digit after the dash represents quarter inches)




Millimeters

Integer

3500 = 3500 millimeters

Centimeters

Integer

1220 = 1220 centimeters